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Rebecca C <I>Caruthers</I> Aitken

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Rebecca C Caruthers Aitken

Birth
Cowansville, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
25 Jul 1888 (aged 61)
McPherson, McPherson County, Kansas, USA
Burial
McPherson, McPherson County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Rebecca Caruthers and William Aikens had "six children, two of whom died in infancy" (from William's obituary). The two children who did not survive are, according to family legend, buried in the plots on either side of Lydia Jane Totten Aikens, William's first wife, in the Rural Valley (PA) Cemetery.

Rebecca was born April 10th 1827 and was married October 17th 1853 to Dr. William Aitken of Rural Village where she was a prominent member of the Presbyterian church. Their children were LYDIA ASHLEY, who died in childhood, HANNAH E., WOODS, EMMA VASHTI and HOMER. Hannah married ----- Owens. Vashti married ----- Besgrove. Homer also married.
Rebecca Caruthers and William Aikens had "six children, two of whom died in infancy" (from William's obituary). The two children who did not survive are, according to family legend, buried in the plots on either side of Lydia Jane Totten Aikens, William's first wife, in the Rural Valley (PA) Cemetery.

Rebecca was born April 10th 1827 and was married October 17th 1853 to Dr. William Aitken of Rural Village where she was a prominent member of the Presbyterian church. Their children were LYDIA ASHLEY, who died in childhood, HANNAH E., WOODS, EMMA VASHTI and HOMER. Hannah married ----- Owens. Vashti married ----- Besgrove. Homer also married.


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